Way back in 1988, on the 3rd of July, the U.S.S. Vincennes, a missile
cruiser stationed in the Persian Gulf, accidentally shot down an
Iranian airliner and killed 290 civilian passengers. George Bush the
First, who was at the time on his presidential campaign, was asked to
comment on the incident. He said quite subtly, "I will never apologize
for the United States. I don't care what the facts are."
I don't care what the facts are. What a perfect maxim for the New
American Empire. Perhaps a slight variation on the theme would be more
apposite: The facts can be whatever we want them to be.
-- Arundhati Roy "Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy, Buy One Get
One Free" Presented in New York City at The Riverside Church
May 13, 2003.
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